1 Samuel 10:22-27 ▼

22 Therefore they inquired further of Yahweh, “Has the man come here yet?” So Yahweh said, “Behold, he is hiding himself by the baggage.”

23 So they ran and took him from there, and he stood among the people. And he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

24 And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people.” So all the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”

25 Then Samuel spoke with the people about the legal judgments of the kingdom and wrote them in the book and placed it before Yahweh. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.

26 Saul also went to his house at Gibeah; and the valiant men whose hearts God had touched went with him.

27 But certain vile men said, “How can this one save us?” And they despised him and did not bring him any present. But he kept silent.